Alexander Street Press—an electronic publishing firm noted for its Civil WarLetters and Diaries and for North American Women’s Letters and Diaries—ispublishing a full-text searchable database titled BLACK DRAMA. Integratingrare, hard-to-find plays and popular, widely-produced plays by Blacks andabout Blacks, BLACK DRAMA encompasses the work of playwrights from the U.K.,the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada, and Anglophone Africa.

Short (250-600 word) biographical entries on leading Black playwrights aresought from those working in and around the academy. Contributors’ namesand institutional affiliations will be prominently displayed on theplaywrights’ bio pages. Remuneration offered.